In the darkest hours of the Second World War, the 70-year old Ralph Vaughan Williams offered a vision of peace. And from misty opening to visionary finish, the Fifth is the Vaughan Williams symphony par excellence: expansive, eloquent and rapturously beautiful. But it鈥檚 got teeth, too, and if anyone can unlock its latent drama, it鈥檚 Nicholas Carter, Donald Runnicles鈥� operatic colleague in Berlin. He鈥檚 paired it with another haunted vison of a better world by Vaughan Williams鈥� friend and mentor Ravel, and set them both against the soaring lyricism and dazzling sheen of Barber鈥檚 Violin Concerto, performed by Valeriy Sokolov. 鈥淏rilliance without ostentation鈥� declared The Daily Telegraph.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 3.